Inscrutable Evil and Scepticism
Philosophical theologians have in recent years revived and cast in sophisticated form a non-theodical approach to defeating probabilistic arguments from evil. In this article I consider and reject the claim that their emphasis on the epistemic gap separating us from God entails a radical form of sce...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
2000
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Heythrop journal
Year: 2000, Volume: 41, Issue: 3, Pages: 297-302 |
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| Summary: | Philosophical theologians have in recent years revived and cast in sophisticated form a non-theodical approach to defeating probabilistic arguments from evil. In this article I consider and reject the claim that their emphasis on the epistemic gap separating us from God entails a radical form of scepticism. I then argue, however, that proponents of this view cannot escape and unattractive theological scepticism. |
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| ISSN: | 1468-2265 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Heythrop journal
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/1468-2265.00137 |